Sprint announced a significant marketing partnership to provide United Mileage Plus Members an opportunity to earn up to 6,000 bonus miles for choosing Sprint for residential long-distance service. Sprint becomes the long-distance communications partner for United Mileage Plus effective immediately.
“Sprint has the brand recognition and reputation for impeccable integrity to provide customers the highest quality products and services,” said Harry S. Campbell, president, Mass Markets Organization, Sprint. “This new partnership now gives United Mileage Plus Members the opportunity to earn miles from two industry leaders.”
“UAL views Sprint’s innovative leadership and customer focus as critical characteristics for success in today’s competitive marketplace,” said Robert Sahadevan, senior vice president, UAL Loyalty Services, Inc. “We chose Sprint as our partner because of their strong technical focus and portfolio of assets that are the envy of the industry. We believe that Sprint and Mileage Plus have the opportunity to bring our customers unique offers that are second to none.”
To encourage customers to take advantage of this new partnership, Sprint will offer United Mileage Plus members the opportunity to earn 5,000 Mileage Plus bonus miles. These miles will be awarded over the course of six months when members sign up for one of the select Sprint 7 Cents long-distance products. In addition, if customers choose to sign up online they will receive an additional 1,000 miles. Once choosing Sprint in the Mileage Plus program, customers will earn five miles for every dollar spent with Sprint for their residential long-distance services (excludes taxes, fees and surcharges). The Sprint 7 Cents portfolio is for domestic calling. International calling rates vary.
Customers can choose the Sprint partnership in the United Mileage Plus program immediately by calling 1-888-MILES-4-YOU (888-645-3749) toll-free or register online at .
“This promises to be a great partnership for Sprint as we continue to focus on attracting and maintaining customer relationships by offering appealing products that are a great value to our customers,” said Campbell. “Frequent flier miles are extremely valuable to our customer base, and the United Mileage Plus program has been rated number one in the industry for the past several years.”
About United Mileage Plus
Enjoy award travel worldwide with Mileage Plus(R). With over 40 million enrolled members, Mileage Plus has been voted the number one frequent flier program by readers of Business Traveler for six years running. You can earn miles and redeem awards to over 800 destinations in more than 120 countries when you fly United or one of our 14 Star Alliance member airlines. Mileage Plus members can also earn and redeem miles with 10 partner airlines. Plus, earn miles when you stay at a hotel, rent a car, make a long-distance phone call, make a purchase on your Mileage Plus Platinum Visa(R), shop or invest online — and more — with over 100 Mileage Plus partners around the world. For more information or to enroll, visit [united.com/mileageplus][1].
About Sprint
Sprint is a global communications company serving more than 26 million business and residential customers in over 70 countries. With approximately 75,000 employees worldwide and more than $26 billion in annual revenues, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state- of-the-art network technologies, including the United States’ first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network and Sprint’s award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone. Sprint provides local voice and data services in 18 states and operates the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in the United States.
[1]: http://united.com/mileageplus
